Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-29
How to Locate Claims on Veins or LOdes
(Capp's Manuel for the use of prospectors on the mineral land Of the United States,
 lsS4 Editionl

- A hundred linear feet along the course of any mineral vein or lode subject to locs- ton; or an association of persons, sever ally qualified as above. may make 8 joint location of such claim of fifteen hundred feet, but ID no event can location of a vein or lode made subsequent to May 10, 1872, exceed fifteen hundred feet along the course thereof. whatever may
 be the number of pelsons composing the association.
 10. With regard to the extent of sur
 isce-g ground adjoining a vein or lode, and clsImed for the convenient working
 thereof, the Revised Statutes provide that the lateral extent of locations of veins or lodes made after May 10, 1872. shall ID TO case exceed three hundred feet on each side of the middle of 4he vein at the surface, snd that no ruch surface rights shall be limited by sny mining regulations to less than twenty five aeet on each side of the middle of the veln st the surface, except where sd- verso rights existing on the 10th of May, 1872, may render such limitations neces- sary; the end-holes of such claims tO be in all cases parallel to each other. Said lateral measurements cannot extend be- yond three hundred feet oD either side of the middle of the vein at the. surface, or such distance as is allowed by local laws. For example: 400 feet cannot be taken on one side and POO on the other. If, however, 300 feet on each side are allowed, and by reason of prior claims
 but loo feet can be taken on one side, the locator will not be restricted 10 less than 300 fee. on the other side; and
 when the locator does not determine by exploration where the middle of the vein at the surface is, his discovery shaft
 must be assumed to mark such point.
 II. By the foregoing it will be per
 ceived that no lode-claIm located after
 the 10th of May, 1872, can exceed n par
 sllelogrRm fifteen hundred feet ID length
 by six hundred feet in width; but
 whether surface ground of that width can be taken, depends upon the local
 regulations or State or Territorial laws in force ID the several mining districts;
 and that no such local regulations or State or Territorial laws shall limit 8 claim or lode veIn to less than fifteen hundred feet along the course thereof,
 whether the location IS made by one or more persons, nor can surisce-rights be limited to less than fifty feet ID width. unless adverse claims existing on the 10th day of Msy. 1872, render such lateral limitation necessary.
 l2. It is provided by the Revised Statutes that the miners of each district msy make rules snd regulations pOt III conflict with the lawo of the United States. or of the State or Territory ID which such districts are respectively siiu- sted, governing the location, manner o' recording, and amount of work necessary to hold possession of 8 claim. They likewise require that the location shsIl be distinctly marked on the ground that its boundaries may be readily traced. This IS 8 very important matter, sId losators cannot exercise too much care in defining their locations Bt tRe outset. inssmuch ss the law requires that all records of mining locations made subse- 9uent to May 10, 1872, shall contain the name CT names of the locHtors, the date ot the location, and such q description of the clam or claims located, by reference to some natural object or permanent monument. as will identify the claim.
 l3. The statutes provide that no lode claim shall be recorded until after the discovery of a vein or lode within the limits of the ground claimed, the object of which provision Is evidently 10 pre- vent the encumbering of the distrlci mining records with useless locations, before sufficient work has been done to determine whether vein or lode has really been disfovered or not.
 H. The claimant should therefore, r,rf1- kn raanrIEpo, bfc a1afy,, r,p1asa tha vein can be traced upon the surface, sink s shaft, or run tunnel Or drift, to 6 sufficient depth therein to discover and develop a mineral-bearing vein, lode or crevice; should determine. if possible, the general course of such vein in either d. reciion from the point of discovery, by which direction be will be governed n marking the boundaries of his claim on the surface, and should give the course and distance ss nearly as practicable from the discovery shaft on the claim to some permanent, Tell-known points or ob!ec.s, such, for instance. as stone monuments, bl8zed trees, the confluence of stresms, points of intersections Of well known gulches, rsvines or roads, prominent buttes, hills, etc, which may bs in the immediate vicinity. and which will serve tO perpe:uGte and fix the locus Of the claim, and render 1t susceptible of Identification from the description there of given in the record of locations Tn the district.
 l5. In addition to the foregoing datB the claimant sh hould state the names of adjoining claims, or If none adjOin, tbe relative positions If the nearest claims; should drive post or erect a monument of stones at each corner of his surface ground, and st the point of discovery or shaft should fix a post, stake or board, upon which should be desig- mated the name of the lode, tho name or nsmes of the looators, the number Of feet claimed, and fn which direction from the point of discovery; 1t being essential that the location notice fled for record. in addition to the foregoing description. should state whether the entire clair of fifteen hundred feet is taken on one side Of the point of discovery, or whether ii is partly upon one and partly upon the other side thereof, snd in the latter case. how many feet are claimed upon each side of such discovery point.
 Is. Within a reasonable time, ssy twenty days after tie location shall have been marked on the ground, or such time sa Is allowed by the local laws, notice thereof, accurately describing the claim ID manner aforesaid, should be filed for record with the proper recorder of the district, who will thereupon issue the usual certificate of location.
 17. In order to hold the psseessory right to location made since May 10. 1872, not less than one hundred dollars worth of labor must be performed. or made thereon, within one year from the date of such location, and annuslly thereafter; in default of which the claim will be subject to relocation by any other party having the necessary qualifications. unless the original locator hrs heirs, assigns, or legal representatives have resumed work thereon after such failure and before such relocation.
 IS. The expenditures required upon claims may be made from the surface or in runDing 8 tuanel for the development of such claims, the act of February II, 1875, providing that where s person or company has. or may. run tunnel for the purpose of developing a | lode or lodes owned by said person or company, the money SO expended In said | tunnel shall be taken and considered as on said lode or lodes. and such person or company shall not be required |